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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1934
Page
4
A bride to be is celebrated with a tea style shower and a later supper with white and green decor. Guests from Athens and Decatur attend, with Mrs. Prank Stone hosting, gifts displayed, and a cream and pink color scheme. Various clubs and church groups announce upcoming meetings and circle gatherings for Monday afternoon.
A long list of local visitors and residents visiting relatives or traveling. Names include Miss Helen Ross, Miss Ella Lee Clarke in Birmingham, James Dobbs Jr, John Hardy Jr, Kiwanis camp attendees, Faye Dobbs with grandparents, Woodrow Glasscock of Florence, Oscar Morrow of Birmingham, Mrs. Hunt of Battle Creek, Mrs. Shipp and Betty Jean of Akron, Phil Koonce, Billy Kirby recovering from burns, Ruth Lee Winton, Mrs. Sheats and Nellmadean, Mr. and Mrs. Eller of Mobile, Billy Ellmer, Katherine Howell and Katherine Gay visiting Miss Filo Pickens, Graham of Birmingham, Rex Winton family mentions, Donnie Blackwell en route from Bowling Green, Mary Banks Terrell and Mary Stuart, J. G. Cooper on business trip to Nashville, Mattie Rike injured, Miss Mary Edwards in Shelbyville, birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Couch, W. T. Murphy trip to Birmingham, Ruby Lane Brown visiting relatives, Mrs. Edwards and Ellen visiting Fort Smith Ark, Carolyn Miller of Chapel Hill visiting Voorhies family, plans to Pulaski, Nashville visitors A B Rhea and children, Will Wyker family trip to Birmingham, Marie Dudley visiting Sheffield.
Readers seek beauty tips from Gladys on clearing blackheads with safe methods. Advice covers gentle skin massage with cleansing cream, soap and water, avoiding harsh hot towels, plus nail care and a camomile shampoo recipe. Includes reader questions from Leah Bertha Blondie and Gladys’s guidance.
Max and Neal Luther of Arab registered four horses and entries came from Athens. Birmingham owners are expected to enter, with Lyons Hotel as registration HQ. Miss Lady Blew er Wallace is entries chair at the hotel and Lyons clerks handle late filings. To be eligible for the Sweepstakes the horse must ribbon win in plantation walk or gaited classes, the only ones with entry fees. Entrants for afternoon classes urged to finalize plans early next week.
Compliments to Mrs Ben Fowler of Decatur and Mrs Ben Cole of Athens mark a series of garden and contract parties honoring Miss Ioie Shannon now Mrs Ben Cole. Gifts, prizes, and social visits span Athens, Decatur, and Annapolis with Garden Club events and a citywide treasure hunt ending at the Athens Cafe. Weather and national political notes close the item.
A vintage sewing notice promoting a Betty-Lou girls dress pattern 1913 with epaulet cape style, available in sizes 6 to 14. Includes fabric yardage, edging, illustrated instructions, and a Summer pattern book offer. Pattern and book priced together at 25 cents. send 15 cents for pattern plus 25 cents for book.
A reader suggests a home mouth wash by dissolving borax salt and peroxide in warm water. A separate remark estimates a person aged several years and 5 feet 11 inches tall should weigh around 162 pounds.
The note explains how Miss Glad will mail pamphlets on The New Figure and Beauty Culture if readers send a self addressed envelope, a three cent stamp, and ten cents per pamphlet for printing and handling. Questions may be answered by Miss Grady in her daily column.
Daily Washington items reflect concerns from aspirin shortages to the Stock Market Bill. Secretary Ickes responds to press attempts at dangerous statements while Brandeis criticizes modern college life for its luxury. Indiana Representative Virginia Jenckes delivers a pointed, record inked speech attacking labor leaders and NRA officials.
The article analyzes a contract bridge play where South opens clubs and declarer later finesses diamonds. After a sequence of leads and ruffs, East miscards and South must manage trumps and blocks. The discussion notes declarer's chances, defensive misreads, and the impact of opponent tactics on the contract.
President Roosevelt earned an honorary LL.D. from Yale as the ninth U.S. president to accept such a degree. The event coincided with honors for Woodrow Wilson, then a Princeton professor. A lengthy Congress resolution follows debates on New Deal policies and administration roles, including the WRA and industry taxation, amid ties to steel and motor interests.
Mrs N M Reagan has returned to her Knoxville Tennessee home after visiting here with her mother Mrs Elma Edwards.
Little Tommy Edwards invites his sister to spend a summer day in Knoxville Tennessee with Mrs N M Reagan accompanying.
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